I found F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Winter Dreams” to be very avant-garde and elitist as it tells of the rise of Dexter Green, a hardworking, middle class man who becomes caught up in the pursue of wealth and status. In his quest to be part of the ‘old money’ elite, he meets Judy Jones, a beautiful and youthful woman who further fuels his desire for greater wealth. The story addresses the ‘American dream’ where it was believed that achieving status, materialism and the idea that anything can be bought, even love. Fitzgerald exploited the dream and revealed the inability to achieve it and its tendency to leave characters disappointed. Other than dealing with the elitist society, the story also displays many features of modern literature. The main character’s obsession for material items and desire to gain wealth was another aspect of the story that made it very modernist. At a young age, he thought he was too young to work as a caddy and strived to obtain greater wealth. This was one of the main qualities of characters in the Modernism time. Dexter was also a main character that desperately wanted love. His unrelenting quest for love can also be seen as modernist. Judy Jones, the object of his affections, was the woman whom he met at the club that he caddies for at a very young age. He wanted her even though he thought he could not get her. After he quits his job at the golf course he ends up regretting the fact that he is away from his ‘true love’. The affair between the two is told in several subtly uneven and fragmented recounts that play with time as Fitzgerald jump great lengths of time. We are not told how great the periods of time are and it is only through the dialogue, it is shown how much time has elapsed since their last significant meeting. Another way is which it represents Modernism is the fact that he goes off to war after he sells his laundry business. World War 1 was a big part...

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...exploring the characterization of Fitzgerald “WinterDreams”, I am going to show the use of seasonal changes of his protagonist, Dexter, from his story. I believe that it is his every intention for us explore Dexter as a man by showing us where and how he developed to be such a man from his decisions in the past starting from his caddy days to college and finally as an establish businessman. His successes were completely self-made yet; he had issues when it comes to dealing with the matters of the heart. But this trait showed more and more that Dexter is indeed human and in all of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s work, his central focus was always about the people in his story. His work concentrated on their development from page 1 introduction to them all the way to the end where we can see their triumphs and tragedies that befall upon them.
Dexter, the hero of our tale seems to be a man with a steadfast resolve to do whatever he put his mind to. However, the winter season seem to be his deciding judge on what he needs to do. Often we see that the seasonal changes in nature bring us a different perspective and Fitzgerald uses this as a vehicle of Dexter’s personality and character. The season change for him is an ever-looming specter in his mind and affect how he makes his decisions in life.
I hope that in the course of this paper, you will find the correlation between Dexter and how he...

...reminds us of what we still lack even after achieving. In the short story "WinterDreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he introduces the character Dexter, a young man who struggles with desires which encompass wealth, status, and beauty.
Fitzgerald's short stories mirror the history of his life. Although he was a successful man when he began publishing stories, Fitzgerald had a financially troubled childhood when his father experienced business failures and had to rely on his mother's income for a living. Therefore being raised in a family with low economic status, he builds himself an identity which matches to those of higher social status. This theme often revolves around many of Fitzgerald's stories and especially in "WinterDreams" where Dexter, a young man works his way into the society of wealth.
During his school years in St. Paul Academy, Fitzgerald was not well liked by his peers. He was socially unsuccessful. So when he transferred into a school in New Jersey, close by New York City he found excitement in his life. New York was a city that brought life into Fitzgerald and that introduced to him "success, vitality, and enchantment" (Prigozy).
Princeton was where love began for Fitzgerald. It was there that he met Ginevra King, who became his inspirations for the young beautiful female characters in several of his works. Ginevra King relates to the attributes described about Judy Jones in "Winter...

...Rodriguez
Historically the American Dream is known as happiness, wealth, and having materialistic items. In the short story “WinterDreams” by F. Scott Fitzpatrick the character of Judy Jones is used as an example of the American Dream through beauty and actions, she influences Dexter. Dexter Green is a hardworking middle class boy, he denies his middle-class lifestyle, and aspires to become a member of wealthy class. As a consequence Dexter realizes the American Dream isn't what he expected it to be.
The story “WinterDreams” primarily tells us about the dreams Dexter has, who lives in his illusions and hopes. From early childhood, the first aim is to achieve wealth and success; to have all the best of everything, and the second dream is attaining Judy Jones, whom he is in love with. Dexter faces numerous challenges between his dreams and reality, and finally frustration of that dreams becomes the biggest disappointment in life. To continue the attempt, he admissions to a prestigious and expensive university in the East. When Dexter came back to Minnesota he started a laundry business that helped him to make a lot of money. Within few years he became successful businessmen. One day he is invited to play golf at the club, where he used to work. This became very import and a big jump for him to be a well known,...

...James Truslow Adams once said, "The American Dream is the dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement." The American Dream, although different for every American, is a personal paradise, to which all aspire. It promises prosperity and self-fulfillment as well as rewards for hard work and self-reliance. In "WinterDreams," a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the protagonist Dexter Green strives to obtain his dream in gaining the status of what he considers to be "elite." This story demonstrates how personal ambition and networking presents an opportunity for success and the achievement of the American Dream. However, life based on materialism alone can be a corruption rather than a fulfillment of the American Dream.
Dexter Green has worked as a caddie at the Sherry Island Golf Club since he was fourteen years old to help make connections with the wealthy players for his future as the nouveau riche. His goal to achieve wealth and status affects the way he lives his life, and consequently the choices he makes. Even though Dexter has grown up in a well-to-do family, his desire to achieve his own American Dream is his incentive for personal success. Consequently, his dreams of status, wealth, and ability are what ultimately...

...In F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story, "WinterDreams," ambitious, "desirous" Dexter stands at the threshold between admiring "glittering things" and finding out that the "glittering things" he admires fade away sooner or later. Dexters character throughout this short story, changes in many ways, from being unaware of what he really wanted in life to being aware of what he actually became.
Dexter in the story started off as a very young boy who worked as a caddy at a golf course. There he met Miss Jones for the very first time. Judy Jones was a beautiful, young woman who came from a glittery family, but was also very cunning with her "preposterous smile" . Dexter was very "neurasthenic" when it came to being with Miss Jones. In the beginning Dexter would be very shy but would always want to talk to her. She was the "no end of misery to a great number of men."
As time elapses in the story, Dexter becomes an independent man but still thinks of Judy. He becomes much older and begins running laundry businesses. He became a man that people would call "Now there's a boy." Even though the people who knew him would say that about him, he still didn't feel that "tremendous superiority." He felt "mundane" as if he really had not achieved anything. What Dexter felt was "sinuous". What he needed was a companion with whom he can listen to "Chin-Chin and The Count of Luxemburg and the Chocolate Soldier," and he thought it was Miss Jones herself....

...There are several examples in the story WinterDreams that reflects on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life. According to biography.com, a website with biographies on famous people’s lives, Fitzgerald grew up in Minnesota, and during the beginning of Dexter Green’s life, he lived in Minnesota. “In the fall when the days became crisp and gray, the long Minnesota winter shut down like the white lid of a box, Dexter’s skis moved over the snow that hid the fairways of the golf course” (Fitzgerald). This quote is an example of how Dexter Green’s childhood compares to Fitzgerald’s childhood. The next connection between the story and Fitzgerald’s life is that later in his life he moves to New York. Referring to The Literature Network, a network devoted to literature, in 1919 Fitzgerald moved to New York to work on his writing, and in the story Dexter moves to New York when he is in his mid twenties. “Already he was playing with the idea of going East to New York” (Fitzgerald). The final example is the relationship between Dexter and Judy, and Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda. Referring back to biography.com, Fitzgerald and his wife had a split in the 1920s and during the story, Dexter and Judy Jones has a split around that same age. The examples used help the reader understand how the story WinterDreams relate to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life....

...WinterDreams
Judy Jones was born wealthy and she was attracted to men with power and money. Aside from her physical beauty, her status gave her many social options. She was vain and liked to be seen with a procession of men. Dexter was one of them. The seductive mannerisms in her voice had a magical effect on men and it drew their attention. Her voice was not lady-like but her tone was deep. Later on Dexter remembered that unique voice. Fitzgerald wrote in the short story, “He imagined her husky voice over the telephone…”. “The smile which turns down the corner of her mouth in a half pout” also made men wild. Judy had complete control over the men with whom she associated, and it made her feel not only powerful, but alive. She controlled them like puppets on a string, including Dexter. When men lost interest, she knew how to win back their affection for her. Her seductive voice and mannerisms contributed to her emotional power over these men. Her selfish tenacity emerged as she went after whatever she wanted of their affections.
Dexter would have been miserable in a marriage to Judy. She was unfaithful in her many relationships with men and her past actions did not promise a good marriage. She had a need or rather impulsive obsession to have many suitors at a time. If Dexter had married Judy then I think he would have given up any happiness that comes from a secure, committed relationship. She was never satisfied with the...

...WinterDreams
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Question #1
 Fitzgerald
suggests that
Dexter is destroyed by his
"WinterDreams." Do you
think winterdreams are
always harmful? why or
why not??
 We
Answer #1
don’t think winterdreams
are always harmful because
there are winterdreams that
can leave you with memories
that you will cherish forever
even though some might leave
scars, some winterdreams can
be magical like Dexter's were at
one time.
Question #2
 How
might the story be
different if Dexter had
married Judy??
 The
Answer #2
story would of been different if
Judy had married Dexter because he
wouldn’t of become bitter. He says,
"Long ago there was something in me
but now that thing is gone... I cannot
cry. I cannot care .That thing will
come back no more." he’s bitter and
sad , for his love is gone, he has lost
her for good.
Question # 3
 What
happens when
Dexter first meets Judy?
Answer # 3 a
 When
Dexter first meets
Judy she invites him to
dinner, "Well why don’t you
come to dinner to tomorrow
night?" this is when Dexter
begins to fall for her.
Question #3 b
 What
happens the second
time they meet??
Answer #3 b
 Dexter
sees Judy at a dance
then they go to her house.. she
says.. "Wont you come in?"
Dexter, even knowing he is...